9 of the best UK spas for girls weekend breaks

Treat your mum (and you) to some R&R

Feb 19, 2018

If you're looking to spend an indulgent girls weekend away with some of your best pals, or even treat your mum to a mother and daughter spa day for mother's day, these spa weekend deals will be right up your alley.

A secluded hot tub for overnight guests, the option of getting a summer outdoor massage, and complimentary Elemis toiletries make Moddershall Oaks the ideal girls' weekend break. With Eastern vibes in the spa, you'll feel a world away from home. Spa breaks start at £150, read Cosmo's full review.

Now, here's a hotel with a difference: head here with the girls and you can hire a HotTug – a hot tub on water so you can cruise along the river while relaxing in style. Sipping champagne and taking in the glorious views all from the luxury of your very own 38°C tub. Bliss! Read Cosmo's full review.

The hotel lies in a village called Thornton Hough and feels very much as though you're in the middle of the countryside even though it's just a five-minute drive from the M53 and about 20 minutes from Liverpool city centre. It is also TOTALLY affordable. Rooms at Thornton Hall Hotel And Spa start from £64, but check the website because Thornton has lots of spa deals, which offer great savings, such as a spa break from £95 per person.

Beautiful bedrooms, elegant dining and a blissed-out spa delivering luxury Elemis treatments, Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa makes for a class spa weekend break. Whether you choose to venture into the local Camberley countryside before refreshing yourselves in the pool or simply indulge in pampering, afternoon tea and evening cocktails, it's easy to lose track of time here, so savour every minute! Charming, comfortable and nicely accessible (for both its prices and location – it's close to the M3, M25 and London is only an hour away), this one's a winner.

With a focus laid heavily on de-stressing and soothing - not simply pampering - this is one to head to for a weekend of wellness and health at a gorgeous holistic retreat. Rather than hotel rooms and pools, think Guest House with cosy communal living areas. Lush. Read Cosmo's full review.

For luxurious - almost Royal - treatment, head to the sumptuous Luton Hoo - which is so beautiful it's featured in many a movie (in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bleak House and Eyes Wide Shut, to name a few). The spa is located in a listed stable building which you'll never, ever want to leave. Read Cosmo's full review

Luton Hoo's 'With Love Spa Day' is perfect for you and your mum at £200 for two. It includes a 55 minute treatment, lunch, glass of prosecco and chocolate-dipped strawberries, as well as use of the spa for the day.

On the outskirts of Bath, this is one to convince your SO to come along to. Once you show them the photos of the luxurious treatment rooms and mouth-watering food options, we don't think you'll have any trouble. Doubles start at £120 and prices include brekkie and spa access. Read Cosmo's full review.

A Victorian mansion discreetly tucked away at the end of a long driveway in rolling Leicestershire countryside, perhaps mistaken for a historic stately home, is in reality chock-full of all the latest treatments and state-of-the-art facilities. Ragdale is definitely the Rolls Royce of girls' spa breaks, with lots of groups of friends comfortably padding around in white robes, plus mums and daughters, the occasional couple and solo spa-goers too.

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